Neil St.Laurent wrote:
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P:first-letter { font-size: 2cm; }
EM { font-size: larger; }
<P><EM>Hello</EM> out there puts an EXTREME emphasis on the first
letter of Hello, even though the EM would likely be happier with the
2cm on it's first letter:
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I imagine an EMphasizer as most happy when allowed to emphasize.
However, I'm wrong about P:first-letter not having a child if I'm correct
about :first-letter properties displaying in EM. The first letter of EM is
child of P:first-letter and the remainder of EM is child of P:
<P><P:first-letter><EM>H</EM></P:first-letter><EM>ello</EM> ... </P>
So, if not verboten by the CSS2 draft,
P:first-letter EM { font-size: 2cm }
would give the effect you desire.
David Perrell